KingsIsle Visits Syndcon!

Tom Purdue, our Community Communication and Public
Relations Manager, was able to visit a group of
professional gamers known as the Syndicate Guild to
catch them up on all things KingsIsle. Read on for
more information about his experience at Syndcon.

Two weeks ago it was my pleasure to meet with the
Syndicate Guild for their annual Syndcon convention in
Orlando, Florida. What’s the Syndicate Guild? Only the longest running Guild in existence!
That’s right, they were there at the dawn of the term
MMO, and they’re still going strong!

The Syndicate loves the games they play, whether it’s
Ultima Online, World of Warcraft, or even Wizard101 and
Pirate101. Members of the Syndicate understand what
makes an MMO tick and provide valuable feedback to
members of the gaming industry.

On hand at the convention were a few industry
professionals, including myself, to present the state of
their games and discuss the futures of their companies.
I was truly honored to be among such a wealth of
videogame history and knowledge. KingsIsle was there to
do two things, 1- Provide awesome Pirate101 and
Wizard101 posters and Crowns Codes for the Syndicate’s
annual charity raffle and 2- Catch the Syndicate up on
the state of KingsIsle.

Outside of casual conversation with the guild members
throughout the conference, I gave a presentation that
talked about the past two years of Wizard101 and
Pirate101 and even gave a live demonstration of Fishing
in Wizard101! (I’m happy to demonstrate my fishing
skills of catching Frost Dekoi whenever I have a captive
audience ;).) I also mentioned some of our
other games that are still in development – but not by
name and not with specifics – as we’re not quite ready
to reveal too much about these projects just yet. The
good news for us is that members of The Syndicate are
interested in helping us test our new projects when the
time comes! (When it comes time to test new games, we
rely heavily on our friends, family, professional gamers
like the Syndicate, and our stalwart fans.)

The Syndicate Guild has been a valuable partner with
KingsIsle for testing Wizard101 and Pirate101 in the
past, and we’re excited to have them numbered among our
players. Speaking of which, it was great to see so many
people enjoying Wizard101 and Pirate101 alongside other
games in their Alienware-filled game room that was
constantly running videogames all day long, every day of
the convention. (Now that’s my kind of convention!)

A good time was had by all, and thanks to the Syndicate
for inviting us to Syndcon 2014! LLTS!